Assistant Professor of Biology
Dr. Jonathan Howell completed a BS in Zoology at UGA in 1995. Following his undergraduate program, he worked as a certified pharmacy technician for 1 year before beginning graduate work at McNeese State University in Louisiana. Here he studied environmental mercury in the soil, completed a MS in Environmental Science, and (most importantly) met his wife. Immediately upon graduation from MSU, Dr. Howell began working on his Ph.D. in Ecology at Old Dominion University in Virginia, which he completed in 2009 after an extended study of fungus-growing ants. During his time in Virginia, he taught at multiple physically and virtual universities, including Regent University, and had the pleasure of welcoming his only child into the world.
Emmanuel has provided Dr. Howell with the opportunity to combine his love of the natural world with his love of Christ and demonstrate how the two might be united. During his first 5 years at EC, he has been able to act as a mentor to students and fellow faculty, and he has been a dependable (if not athletic) teammate in intramural sports. Dr. Howell is also an active spectator at as many Lions events as he can attend, and he was recently allowed to serve as the Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) for the school.
